The 2023 Ykkönen was the 52nd season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 14 April 2023 and ended on 7 October 2023. It was the final season of the Ykkönen serving as the second-tier football league in Finland, following its demotion to third-tier.
Twelve teams contested the league. The champions (EIF) and runners-up (Gnistan) were promoted to the 2024 Veikkausliiga. The second, third, and fourth-placed teams (Gnistan, MP, and SJK Akatemia) qualified for the Veikkausliiga play-off. The bottom two teams (JJK and KPV) were relegated to the 2024 Ykkönen. The sixth-placed team (HIFK) dissolved after the season finished due to bankruptcy, giving the tenth-placed team (KäPa) a reprieve from relegation. The remaining teams were transferred to the 2024 Ykkösliiga.
The 2024 Ykkönen will represent the new third-tier level season of Finnish football.
Teams Team changes Promoted from2022 KakkonenPromoted to2023 VeikkausliigaRelegated from2022 VeikkausliigaRelegated to2023 KakkonenJJKKäPaSalPaKTPHIFKPEPOPIFPK-35 Vantaa
Participants
ClubLocationStadium Capacity EIF Raseborg Ekenäs Centrumplan 800 Gnistan Helsinki Mustapekka Areena 1,100 HIFK Helsinki Bolt Arena 10,770 JäPS Järvenpää Järvenpään keskuskenttä 2,000 Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000 JJK Jyväskylä Harjun Stadion 5,000 KäPa Helsinki Brahenkenttä 1,200 KPV Kokkola Kokkolan keskuskenttä 3,000 MP Mikkeli Mikkelin Urheilupuisto 7,000 SalPa Salo Salon Urheilupuisto 750 SJK Akatemia Seinäjoki OmaSP Stadion 5,817 TPS Turku Veritas Stadion 8,076
Regular season League table
Results
Promotion Round League table
Results
Relegation Round League table
Results
Attendances
# Club Average 1 TPS 1,847 2 HIFK 1,656 3 MP 1,108 4 Jaro 1,106 5 JJK 952 6 EIF 932 7 KPV 884 8 SJK Akatemia 851 9 Gnistan 814 10 SalPa 606 11 JäPS 516 12 KäPa 416
Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fin/avefin23.htm
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